Queensbridge Park To Get $3.5M Facelift

LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS — A Queens park will be given a $3.5 million facelift, the Parks Department said.

A new field house and bathroom will be coming to the park, next to Queensbridge Park, the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City. It will be funded by the city and Councilman Jimmy van Bramer.

The old field house, which was built in 1941, will be demolished.

The new building will be home to a community room, have space for Parks staff, a public restroom and storage facilities. A plaza that will be built around the field house will include seating, water fountains and bicycle racks.

The project completed with the $2.5 million provided by Councilman van Bramer, in addition to the $1 million provided by Mayor Bill de Blasio. Construction will begin in the fall and the new facilities are expected to open in spring 2019.

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Below are the designs for the project.

Images provided by the Parks Department